Developed over three decades, it is a cornerstone of preparation for teaching excellence. Effect of reflective teaching practices on the performance of. Reflective teaching is a process through which teachers analyze their instructional practices. Reflective teaching practice helps teachers to plan, implement and improve their performance by rethinking about their strengths and weaknesses. The fact that this is the third edition of andrew pollards popular initial teacher education monstrates that this is a. Reflective teaching in schools comprehensive, thoughtful and insightful, reflective teaching in schools provides a wise and stimulating springboard for the development of excellent teaching. Reflective teaching other bibliographies cite this for me. Pdf reflective teaching in secondary education download. It is the definitive handbook of teaching, taking nqts through every aspect of taking a class in a. Reflective learning, reflective teaching springerlink. Discover the reflective teaching series of books from bloomsbury, including additional online content. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on thursday, april 9, 2015 ebook or pdf. Reflective teaching in schools, fifth edition reflective. In other words, they avoids the two extreme views about learning to teach, namely that it is best done simply through acquiring practical tricks of the trade without any theory or that it is best done applying sytematized, objective theory.
May 08, 2008 reflective teaching is the definitive textbook for reflective classroom professionalism. It is an excellent resource for students, teachers, mentors and tutors, and can be used in almost any form of professional development activity. At the other extreme, some academics have a very abstract, theoretical approach. Feb, 2014 andrew pollard, former director of the uk s teaching and learning research programme, coordinated development and is responsible for the final text, with the advice of primary and secondary specialists from the university of cambridge. Reflective teaching in schools, fifth edition this comprehensive, rigorous and thoughtful book provides wise advice, stimulation, and research evidence to support the successful development of those embarking one of the most important jobs in the world. Readings for reflective teaching in schools provides a portable library of over a hundred readings to support teacher education and professional development. Reflective teaching is a process done willingly to engage oneself in self evaluation and personal driven professional development pollard, 2008. Teaching is a multifaceted, highly skilled and demanding activity, which above all requires classroom teachers to reflect and exercise judgment in deciding how to act pollard et al. Assumptions of reflective teaching theory reflective teachers are knowledgeable about pedagogy methods and theories of teaching we can learn a lot about teaching from selfinquiry much of what happens during teaching is unknown to the teacher experience is not enough to grow as a teacher. Arguably the most important of these is your obligation as a beginning teacher or an aspiring teacher to make increasingly wellinformed decisions in the context of your everyday practice. Reflective teaching is the definitive textbook for reflective classroom professionalism. This is because it comprehensively covers teaching at both primary and secondary levels.
Teaching standards and reflective practice technology. Andrew pollard writes about how this established textbook for. Teachers entering the profession may find their initial teaching efforts stressful, but with experience they acquire a repertoire of teaching. Becoming a reflective teacher an empowered teacher is a reflective decision maker who finds joy in learning and in investigating the teachinglearning processone who views learning as construction and teaching as a facilitating process to enhance and enrich development. Lucy pollards guide to teaching english is an essential how to teach english resource for teachers of english as a foreign language. Including a wealth of free resources for reflective classroom practice. The effect of reflective thinking on the teaching practices. All about the reflective teaching series of books from continuum. Three decades of collaboration guarantees you a text that is both cohesive and that continues to evolve to meet the needs of todays teachers and. Extensively updated since earlier editions, new readings concisely introduce much of the best of classic and contemporary international research on teaching and learning. The framework leans heavily on dewey 1910, 1933, 1938, and attempts to synthesise his ideas about reflection with those of schon 1983, 1987a, b, together with work that has built on dewey and schon van manen, 1977.
New lists of reflective activitie improved chapter summaries checklists of key ideas suggestions for further reading computer resources an updated website updated references improved layout and text design work an index corresponding to the revised standards for nqtsthe. Critical and reflective practice in education volume 3 2012. Professional teaching and learning cycle sedl 3 introduction the six steps of the professional teaching and learning cycle ptlc comprises six stepsstudy, select, plan, implement, analyze, and adjust. This book is intended to provide flexible and comprehensive support for schoolbased and schoolfocused teacher education, in a wide range of circumstances.
The present research aims to examine the effect of reflective teaching practices on prospective teachers performance. There are clearly particular skills and dispositions associated with being a reflective. With answers to teachers most frequent questions, it forms a helpful reference for teachers and a handy guide for trainees. Learning and teaching in primary schools the cambridge primary.
Jan 01, 2002 readings for reflective teaching may be read independently, but is also part of an unprecedented support package specifically designed for busy students, mentors and teachers. Jul 08, 2008 reflective teaching is the definitive textbook for reflective classroom professionalism. Through reflective teaching, teachers are able to understand what areas might be improved or changed. Andrew pollard describes learning as the process by which knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes are acquired, understood, applied and extended. So, a teacher experiences a routine classroom problem. Box 45, shashamane ethiopia 38099 iastitute for christian teaching 12501 old columbia pike silver spring, md 20904 usa prepared for the 24tb international faith and learning seminar held at andrews university, berrien springs, michigan, u. An experimental study within an action research was conducted by the researchers. Prior to beginning the cycle, teachers will have analyzed. Children also discover their feeling towards themselves, towards each other and towards learning itself. Reflective teaching is very important in teacher education as it is in teacher. Teaching health and safety through science, 2016 your bibliography. More recently pollard has stated, reflective teaching implies an active concern with aims and consequences as well as means and technical competence 2005.
As with andrew pollard s books, they use the idiom of reflective teaching. Reflective teaching research portal lancaster university. Find out more about the concepts behind reflective teaching and meet the editorial team. Andrew pollards reflective teaching has been established for over twenty years. A handbook for the classroom cassell education by andrew pollard, sarah tann and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Continuum with contributors 2008 principles into practice. Reflection is an active and aware process that can occur anytime and anywhere. The idea of how we learn can be described in a multitude of different ways. Jan 01, 2002 this unique book provides the reader with a minilibrary of over one hundred readings containing. Pollard 2008 continues to talk about factors that influence childrens attitudes. Apr 09, 2015 these are the sources and citations used to research reflective teaching. Evidenceinformed professional practice 3rev ed by andrew pollard isbn. Richards department of english, city polytechnic of hong kong most teachers develop their classroom skills fairly early in their teaching careers. Reconceptualising reflective teaching in the 21st century.
It functions to help us, or our students, to recapture, relive, make sense of, think about, contextualize and evaluate an experience in order to make decisions and choices about what we have experienced, how we have experienced and what we will or will not do next. At one extreme, some teachers deny any value to theoretical thinking. Corollary to this, reflective teaching as an inquiryoriented approach to teacher education is considered an ambiguous term signifying a wide variety of meanings tom, 1985. Becoming a reflective teacher sage publications inc. Find a whole world of additional resources and articles related to reflective teaching. Reflective teaching in schools is part of a set of professional resources. Reflective teaching in schools reflective teaching. This unique portable library of 120 exceptional readings. This is because teaching is a profession in which demanding chapter 1. Teacher educator should apply this theory in classroom practice, in order. On the following pages is a description of and the goals for each step. Andrew pollard s reflective teaching has been established for over twenty years. Mar 04, 2005 this new, revised edition of reflective teaching includes.
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